Improvement ih barrel-covers



G. HUNT.

Barrel Covers.

No. 137,683, PatehtedApriI8,1873.

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GEORGE HUNT, OF WAWAYANDA, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,683, dated April 8,1873 application filed March 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HUNT, of Wawayanda, in the county of Sussexand in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barrel- Govers; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a perspective view of the upper side of my device. Fig. 2 isa like view of the lower side of the same, and Fig. 3 is a crosssectionupon line 00 m of Figs. 1 and 2.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to increase the strength, durability, andconvenience of barrel-covers, without correspondingly increasing theircost; to which end said invention consists, as a new article ofmanufacture, in a barrel-cover, constructed in the manner and for thepurpose substantially as is hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a circular disk of wood,constructed usually from two or more pieces jointed at their edges andconfined in relative longitudinal and vertical positions by means of arim, B, of thin bent wood, which incloses the edge of said disk andextends downward below the lower surface of the same, and embraces theouter side of the barrel, vto which said disk or cover is applied.Extending across the inner side of the cover A, at its center and in aline at a right angle to the grain of the wood, is a cleat, O, which, ator near its ends, is firmly attached to said cover by screws 0 or othersuitable means. At the center, and upon the upper side, of the cover Ais placed a knob or handle, D, which is secured in position by means ofa screw, rivet, or bolt, (7, that passes downward through its center,through said cover, and into and through the cleat O, the effect of sucharrangement being to effectually bind said parts to gether and tofurnish a strong hold for said screw.

As constructed, it will be seen that the cleat O and knob D perform eacha double office, the first by strengthening the cover and pre Venting itfrom splitting and warping, and also by furnishing a firm hold for theknob screw or rivet, while said knob and its screw not only afford aconvenient handle for raising the cover, but also more firmly unite thelatter and said cleat than would be possible otherwise.

The cleat or strengthening piece also does away with all necessity forgluing the edges of the pieces of which the cover is made, or for usingdowels to prevent the pieces from springing, so as, thereby, to causeunevenness in the surfaceof the same.

I am aware that strengthening-cleats as applied to barrel-covers areold, and that handles having various forms have before been employedupon such covers, and therefore do not claim the same broadly.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim is-- As a new article of manufacture, the cover A provided withthe rim B, the central cleat O secured to its lower side, and the knob Dplaced upon the upper side and center of said cover and connected withsaid cleat by means of a screw or rivet, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 12th day of March, 1873.

GEO. HUNT. [It s.] Witnesses:

JOHN BURT, JOHN J. BEATTIE,

